#hiddenstep

everybody, except for hiddenstep + skystar, are a part of a clan called bigclan, which is technically comprised of two separate clans: hawkclan and doveclan. however, they share the same territory and are practically clanmates, so hence the singular name thing. they do have their respective cultures and their own separate camps though

jaggedstar (she/her) - leader of doveclan. she had leadership suddenly thrust upon her as a very young warrior, so she’s kind of super stressed all the time. her deputy, prickleface, helps her as best as he can, as well as her adoptive daughter, batshade

birdfeather (she/her) - she’s hawkstar’s grandkid and is just generally kind of a chill dude. she’s also one of my oldest ocs <3 yknow hence the uncreative name. ive been considering calling her sparrowfall but im too attached so she probably just goes by both

starlinghop (he/him) - curious energetic little guy. he really looks up to birdfeather as a warrior. otherwise i don’t rlly have much info for him sdjfhsdjfs

hiddenstep (she/her) - a former windclan member. her mother, skystar, had lost many cats she cared for, so she cursed starclan to never take away her one living kit. it does end up being an actual curse though, and hiddenstep became psuedo-immortal - essentially, while she can technically still die, starclan can’t find her to guide her spirit to the afterlife, so she just goes back into her body, all wounds healed. she’s chronologically several decades old.

skystar (she/her) - former windclan leader, but she dead now. she’s reunited with her family and friends, but still searches desperately, guiltily, for her daughter

batshade (she/her) - she used to be a loner, and lived in the cavern where bigclan goes to share tongues with starclan. she’d lost her parents at a very young age, and was taken care of by the bats that lived in the cavern. after a few moons, jaggedstar found her on her journey to receive her nine lives and took her in, naming her batpaw. she has a crush on birdfeather :>

hawkstar (he/him) - founder of hawkclan, a member of starclan, and dovestar’s mate. he’s all big and burly and isn’t too good around kits, but he tries his best.

i’m not really sure which clan she’s in, im thinking windclan? her mother is skypath, the medicine cat. so basically, decades before firestar first joined thunderclan, skypath had, over the course of her life, lost nearly everyone whom she cared for: her parents, her siblings, close friends, mate, the other kits in hiddenstep’s litter. as such, when hiddenstep was born and her littermates had died, skypath cursed starclan and vowed that they shall never have her last living loved one.

when hiddenstep was a young apprentice, she was hit by a monster and killed on impact. however, as a spirit, she couldn’t leave her body, so she couldn’t do anything except wait next to it and be guided to starclan. no one came for her. eventually, after a long while, she returned to her body and, suddenly, woke up. not good as new, she was battered and bruised with a couple broken bones, but the fatal injuries which had killed her had completely healed. she was alive again. after the incident, she was too shaken to tell anyone, even skypath.

hiddenstep is technically immortal, although not invulnerable, evidently; she can still be hurt and killed. her mother had inadvertently cursed her so that no starclan cat could find hiddenstep, whether she was dead or alive. she could still grow old and die from old age, but when she returns to her body, it ages back several moons, so she isn’t on a loop of constant death from old age; poison is cured, crushed organs repaired. even committing suicide doesn’t break the curse.

eventually, almost unaffected by the passage of time, hiddenstep could only watch as everyone she knows eventually moves on and dies, including her mom skypath. heartbroken and horrified, hiddenstep runs away from the clans and lives on her own. no one from starclan can contact her and guide her to silverpelt. skypath, reunited with the rest of her family, tried, over and over, to get to her daughter, but it was in vain. even she couldn’t find hiddenstep.